Rio De Janeiro Travel Blog

Abundant alcohol fuels the bloco party spirit Rio without carnival would be like New York without fashion, or Sydney without surfers. The city lives and breathes carnival, and this colorful, musical pageant of Dyionisian delights is totally in keeping with Rio de Janeiro’s hedonistic character. A...

The weather may have been less than perfect, but millions of revellers took to the street over the weekend to celebrate Carnival in riotous fashion. An estimated two million crammed into Centro on Saturday to follow the city’s longest-established bloco (street samba party), Cordao do Bolo Preto,...